Screen Print India: Is it industrial? Is it textile? Is it art? It is screen print!

Yuichi Nishida, chairman at JSDPA inaugurated the Mumbai edition of Screen Print India on 6 May

With more than 35 years of experience in the screen printing industry, Charlie Taublieb of Taublieb Consulting lit the lamp - along with the key members of the screen print industry

Mike Young of Imagetek Consulting International introduced Grafica Nano-Print screen printing machine with an auto take off system at the show

One of the largest exhibitor stalls at SPI was Vasai-based Grafica Flextronica, who showcased Nano-print plus an auto and hot air dryer

Dhirubhai Mistry Institute (DMI) has completed 10 years of screen print education for the industry, Mistry said, “About 1200 professionals have been trained from the DMI and we are at the show in order to enable people to learn about screen printing”

(r) Victoria Kong, manager, Stahls at the Skyscreen stall

Skyscreen India had used the show to launch GroupStahls in India. Skyscreen highlighted heat transfer, glitter and films from the company portfolio

J N Arora Group highlighted heating machines at the show

First time exhibitor, Negi Sign System and Supplies, the Indian manufacturer for signage and textile industry and a distributor of Mutoh in India showcased the Mutoh Valuejet 44inches and 64 inches for the sublimation market. Negi also highlighting Kiian Digital, an ink manufacturing company from Italy, PZO inks and ONYX RIP software

(r) Colour specialist, Hemanshu Desai of Venus Infotech, said, “You can create accurate film positives and negatives by using an Epson printer and a Harlequin RIP bundled with a software which is part of the Epson package.” Venus Infotech had demos on the Epson T5270 kit

Vibrant Graphics specialise in self-adhesive tapes and plastic material at the show exhibited covestro tapes, PVC labels, and vinyl

Deborshi Choudhury, business head at Apsom Infotex, said, "We showcased the Roland RT 640 and XT 640, which caters to the sublimation market. Also, we launched fluorescent inks which is blue, yellow and pink"

DCC Print Vision marked their presence at the show

Demonstration of an intricate screen printing method at the Grafica stall

Fujifilm Sericol at the stall presented a GL UV based ink

Ajay Gandhi, president, Kunal Enterprise, said, "We are focussing on Sakurai, which is a roll-to-roll screen printing machine, Natgraph, a UK-based manufacturer for conveyorised dryers and Esko i-cut Suite software"

Mike Young at the seminar spoke about the techniques for industrial screen printing applications electronic and medical applications, high-tech screen printing 101 for senior and mid-management and the overview of printed circuit, touchscreen, and conductive screen printing applications

More than 120 visitors attended the seminars conducted by Mike Young

Jacek Stencel of Pasja conducted a session on the practical uses of screen printing with special effects on a wide range of substrates such as papers, cardboards, plastics, and fabrics

Charlie’s Corner: A concept which is popular in the screen printing world and one of the most happening space at the show

Visitors had the opportunity to try hands on the machines when Charlie was demonstrating key printing tips and tricks

(l) Taublieb: "Screen printing is much faster than the fastest of the digital printers and is capable of a large variety of special effects"

(r) Chetan Shah of Kanan Graphics, said, “We are here to see and experience the technical advancements in the screen printing market. I am keen to see capabilities of high speed industrial manufacturing as well as graphical applications”

Thousands of visitors across India attended the three-day show

Mike Young was felicitated by Yuichi Nishida during the Screen Print India Awards night

(From left): Devang Sheth, managing director at Aditya Expositions, Charlie Taublieb, Bhargav Mistry, managing director at Grafica Flextronica receiving the award along with Mike Young